USN-2177-1: Linux kernel (Saucy HWE) vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine KVM subsystem of the Linux kernel. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the host OS. CVE-2014-0049 Al Viro discovered an error in how CIFS in the Linux kernel handles uncached write operations. An unprivileged loc...

Code injection

Cisco ASR 1000 devices with software before 3.8S, when BDI routing is enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service device reload via crafted 1 broadcast or 2 multicast ICMP packets with fragmentation, aka Bug ID CSCub55948...

SuSE 11.3 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 9102 / 9104 / 9105)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 3 kernel has been updated to fix various bugs and security issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - WARNING: If you are running KVM with PCI pass-through on a system with one of the following Intel chipsets: 5500...

Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

ptrace information leakage, debug functions privilege escalation, cprng weak PRNG, networking dissector DoS, multiple integer overflows, buffer overlows in WiMax, USB and different devices drivers, UDP fragmentation offload uninitialized memory, privilege escalations. NAT conntrack information...

SuSE 11.3 Security Update : Linux Kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 9047 / 9050 / 9051)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 3 kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - WARNING: If you are running KVM with PCI pass-through on a system with one of the following Intel chipsets: 5500 revisio...

Cisco IOS Software SSL VPN Denial of Service Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer SSL VPN subsystem of Cisco IOS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service DoS condition. The vulnerability is due to a failure to process certain types of HTTP requests. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacke...

China's Keen Team Topples Safari, Flash at Pwn2Own

VANCOUVER – One is the bug hunter, the other the exploit specialist. Fang Jiahong and Liang Chen represented the Keen Team at Pwn2Own on Thursday, starting off the second day of the annual exploit festival with a quick takedown of Apple’s Safari browser. They then wrapped up the contest with a...

Kernel: net: IPv6: panic when UFO=On for an interface

net/ipv6/ip6output.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.4 does not properly determine the need for UDP Fragmentation Offload UFO processing of small packets after the UFO queueing of a large packet, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory corruption and system crash or...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2113-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-saucy vulnerabilities (USN-2113-1)

Saran Neti reported a flaw in the ipv6 UDP Fragmentation Offload UFI in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service panic. CVE-2013-4563 Mathy Vanhoef discovered an error in the the way the ath9k driver was handling the BSSID masking. A remote attacker...

Ubuntu 13.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2117-1)

Saran Neti reported a flaw in the ipv6 UDP Fragmentation Offload UFI in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service panic. CVE-2013-4563 Mathy Vanhoef discovered an error in the the way the ath9k driver was handling the BSSID masking. A remote attacker...

USN-2113-1: Linux kernel (Saucy HWE) vulnerabilities

Saran Neti reported a flaw in the ipv6 UDP Fragmentation Offload UFI in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service panic. CVE-2013-4563 Mathy Vanhoef discovered an error in the the way the ath9k driver was handling the BSSID masking. A remote attacker...

Governments Need to Discuss Use of Cyber Weapons

PUNTA CANA–Attacks on critical infrastructure have been grabbing headlines for years now, long before sophisticated operations such as Stuxnet and Flame hit the scene. But we’re probably still in the early stages of the evolution of such attacks, and the use of so-called cyber weapons in these...

Kernel: net: memory corruption with UDP_CORK and UFO

The Linux kernel before 3.12, when UDP Fragmentation Offload UFO is enabled, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption and system crash or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application that uses the UDPCORK...

FreeBSD : strongswan -- multiple DoS vulnerabilities (efa663eb-8754-11e3-9a47-00163e1ed244)

strongSwan Project reports : A DoS vulnerability triggered by crafted IKEv1 fragmentation payloads was discovered in strongSwan's IKE daemon charon. All versions since 5.0.2 are affected. A DoS vulnerability and potential authorization bypass triggered by a crafted IDDERASN1DN ID payload was...

[SPS] Simple Packet Sender

.png A Linux packet crafting tool. Supports IPv4, IPv6 including extension headers, and tunneling IPv6 over IPv4. Written in C on Linux with GUI built using GTK+ and released under GPLv3. Does not require pcap. Features: Packet crafting and sending one, multiple, or flooding IPv4 and IPv6 packets...

[IPv6 Toolkit v1.5.2] A security assessment and troubleshooting tool for the IPv6 protocols

A security assessment and troubleshooting tool for the IPv6 protocols. Changelog v1.5.2 Add support for GNU Debian/kfreebsd. The toolkit would not build on GNU Debian/kfreebsd before this release. Add support for TCP/IPv6 probes. tcp6 can now send TCP/IPv6 packets “–probe-mode” option, and read t...

Government launched 'China Operating System' (COS) to break Andoird and iOS Monopoly

China has always tried to support its homegrown tech industry and even the security concerns over U.S. secret surveillance which gives Chinese Government another reasons to trust domestic vendors.Many other countries are also in favor to develop their own technology industries to reduce their...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-raring vulnerabilities (USN-2069-1)

Hannes Frederic Sowa discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's UDP Fragmentation Offload UFO. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly gain administrative privileges. CVE-2013-4470 Multiple integer overflow flaws were discovered in the...

USN-2073-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Hannes Frederic Sowa discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's UDP Fragmentation Offload UFO. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly gain administrative privileges. CVE-2013-4470 Multiple integer overflow flaws were discovered in the...